Ensemble de couverts en argent, la majorité par T.B, un aigle et par John Blasball, essayeur Dimitri Twerskoj, Saint-Pétersbourg, entre 1838 et 1842

les spatules gravées d'un P timbré d'une couronne princière, comprenant: 36 fourchettes de table (table forks), 36 cuillères de table (table spoons), 36 couteaux de table (table knives), 12 cuillères à café (coffee spoons), dans un coffre en cuir clair estampé des initiales NW

21 forks and 19 spoons, T.B, 1842 12 forks and 16 spoons, John Balsball, 1838-1842 2 forks, Carl Magnus Stahle, 1842 1 spoon, A.C., 1877 1 fork , Fredrik Fresen, 1852 The knive handles with marks sometimes difficult to read, St Peterburg, circa 1840, maker mainly John Blasball, 18 steel blades and 18 chromed blades, mainly engraved WW Waranted tea spoons, different makers makrs, St Petersburg, 9 between 1839 to 1857 and 3 between 1872 and 1879 one handle missing on the case
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